The elevator works on gravity… this is where a conveyor belt was to move the grain toward the main elevator to be loaded into ships.
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Outside the Chateau, where the fuel oil tank blocks the chapel.
Silverton’s elevator, pictured here, is still active.
The factory was utterly vertical.
Dat stencil…
The gulls wait to eat the next load of spilled grain. Arista 100.
A caustic tank in one of the unremodeled brewhouse backrooms.
Dust explosions were a real risk for grain mills. These funnels helped to filter the air in the mill.
One of the last improvements to this elevator was the addition of a new scale in 1968.
I’m very happy to have caught Marquette before it was completely destroyed. If you’re wondering, it costs about $1,000,000 to demolish and elevator like this, and not that much work for the demo crews.